Space Staff Engineer – Systems

Northrop Grumman

. Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeFairfax • Maryland, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $169,000 - $265,600 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Cultivating customer relationships and intimacy to develop further opportunities within the customer community.
Developing new business opportunities through development of proposals and business plans.
Measuring and reporting program performance.
Delivering presentations to customers, executive management, and other program stakeholders.
Working with the Chief Engineer and Chief Architect to design concepts, criteria, and engineering efforts for product research, development, integration, and test.
Identification, distribution, tracking, and completion of program requirements.
Adherence to budget baselines utilizing Earned Value Management (EVM) or similar cost & schedule control methodologies and tools.
Identifying, allocating and managing program resources, including workforce planning.
Adherence to all internal processes, policies, and applicable industry standards.
Ensuring program team understands and adheres to contract scope and manages change through control board activities.
Adherence to master plans and schedules.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in a STEM discipline with 12 years of relevant experience, a master’s degree in a STEM discipline with 10 years of relevant experience or a PhD in a STEM discipline with 8 years of relevant experience
Active Top Secret/SCI clearance required at time of application
Experience supporting and/or managing Space programs related to developing software and ground systems
Experience leading the performance of tasks on schedule, at cost and achieving all requirements as either project lead, integrated program team or cost account manager
Demonstrated success leading teams/and or organizations to achieve a common goal
Experience in risk and opportunity management
Experience managing subcontract and supply chain elements of the program in a manner that supports program goals and company strategy
Experience managing the maintenance, operations, and support of production systems
Experience managing communications with stakeholders and customers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

health insurance coverage
life and disability insurance
savings plan
Company paid holidays
paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

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Hard Skills & Tools

Earned Value Managementprogram performance measurementproposal developmentbusiness planningsoftware developmentground systems managementrisk managementsubcontract managementsupply chain managementproduction systems support

Soft Skills

customer relationship managementteam leadershipcommunicationorganizational skillsstakeholder managementresource allocationchange managementbudget adherenceperformance trackingpresentation skills

Certifications

Top Secret/SCI clearance